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Titanian Augite & Nepheline

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Titanian Augite & Nepheline

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Description
Locality: 
Scawt Hill, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.8 × 1.1 cm
Weight: 
14.00gr
Description

A rock specimen consisting of dark titanaugite crystals in association with light grey nepheline from a locality famous for its unusual suite of minerals, formed by metasomatic action of a dolerite intrusion on limestone (chalk) country rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanian Augite

Variety Of: 

Augite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black

Nepheline

Formula: 
(Na,K)AlSiO4
Strunz: 
9.FA.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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